Lilly Wachowski Blasts Fascists Co-opting "Red Pilling" From 'The Matrix'

The Matrixfranchise is a rich sci-fi saga that can be enjoyed for its superficial entertainment, though creators Lana and Lilly Wachowski also packed the mythology with incredibly dense metaphors about technology, religion, and gender identity. While packing a movie with so many layers can be enlightening for some audiences, it also means people can misinterpret a lot of things. One misinterpretation comes from the concept of the red pill, which Neo (Keanu Reeves) is given by Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) that breaks him free from the artificial reality of "The Matrix," though conspiracy theorists and the far right have co-opted the phrase to symbolize someone "waking up" from the reality they've been meant to believe in, stemming from political control and coercion by the media. Lilly Wac